Tactics decided this game: IM Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier - GM Svidler, Peter, Sicilian blitz

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019

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Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier - Svidler, Peter

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. b4 Bc7 19. h3 Ne5 20. Na4 Ba8 21. Qf2 Ned7 22. Nb3 Bc6 23. Nb2 Qa8 24. a4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Nb5 Qb8 28. e5 Nfe4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30. Qe1 dxe5 31. Na7 Qxb2 32. Nxc6 f5 33. Bd3 Nf6 34. Rb1 Qa3 35. Na7 e4 36. Bf1 Nh5 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Bf2 Bf4 39. c5 e3 40. Qe2 exf2 41. Rd3 Qxc5 42. Qxh5 Bd6 43. Rbd1 Be7 44. Rd7 g6 45. Qe2 Rc6 46. Qb5 Bg5 47. Qxc5 Rxc5 48. Rb1 Re5 49. Rb8+ 1-0

The Sicilian Defense is the most popular defense against white’s opening 1.e4 and is used extensively at top level play. It is a very aggressive defense and immediately stakes claim at the center, denying white the double pawns on e4 and d4. Many chess champions actually prefer to start with 1.d4 because of how well the Sicilian Defense plays against 1.e4.

Eventually the c-pawn of black is usually exchanged, opening the semi-open c file for black to bring his queen or rook to and add pressure to the queen side attack.

White not only has to worry about black’s defense but also the counter attack that the Sicilian Defense presents. White tends to have the advantage on the king side while black will usually look to attack on the queen side.

For those chess players that play against the 1.e4 opening quite often, the Sicilian Defense is an opening that you should spend quite a bit of time studying. There are many variations and they each are designed for specific types of players.

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